Legal Opinion
United States v. Wiley Hill, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 1995No. 94-1723PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The principal question presented by this appeal is the binding effect of policy statements found in the Guidelines Manual issued by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Wiley Hill pleaded guilty to stealing the contents of a letter while employed by the Postal Service (the contents being two gold-plated chains worth together about $20) and was sentenced to 12 months in prison to be followed by two years of supervised release. He was released from prison in May 1993. He did not stay out of trouble for long. In August, his probation officer notified the sentencing court that Hill…
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